The biggest football playground – Mini Maxi Camp will take place from August 18 to 22, 2008 in BG Sport Centre Kovilovo. This program is designed for children aged from 7 to 14, based on up-to-date methods for gaining the football skills, under the leadership of experienced coaches and expert presenters.

The Children’s Football Association started with similar programs seven years ago and organized camps throughout Serbia, and now the children will have the opportunity to practice on the same football field as the National Football Team of Serbia.

The First Annual Forum on Communications took place on June 26, 2008 in Hotel President’s Congress Centre, organized by the Ekonomist Media Group. The representatives of the most eminent media companies and PR agencies from Serbia and other countries from the region discussed the issues concerning the media, public relations and marketing, emphasizing on the importance of the relationship between the parties involved in those activities.

Following the official part of the Forum, the participants tried their skills in clay target shooting and finished their day with the cocktail dinner at the swimming pool, while enjoying in the synchronized swimming show performed by the National selection of Serbia.

Please visit http://www.emportal.co.yu/ekonference/48632.html for details and photos.

Belgrade will be the host of open Southeastern Europe Shooting Championship for rifle and pistol on the small caliber shooting range of “BGD Sport center Kovilovo” from 23 to 27 June, organized by the Shooting Federation of Serbia.
For many shooters, and the Serbian Olympic competitors, this championship will be one of last tests for the Olympic games in Beijing (8-24 August). 300 shooters and officials will take part from 16 countries: Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia (Paralympics team), Hungaria, France, Germany, Sweden, Ukraine (Paralympics team), South Africa, Greece, Slovenia, Serbia (Olympic and Paralympics team). They will use air rifle and pistol and small caliber pistol – 3 position shooting and Olympic match, SC pistol 50 meters, and quick shooting 25 meters for men and pistol for women for juniors and seniors.
In addition to the representatives from Serbia, the shooters who were applied by the clubs will participate. Zoran Stoiljkovic, the selector decided to invite the following shooters:
 Rifle- senior men: Stevan Pletikosić ("Čika Mata", Kragujevac), Nemanja Mirosavljev (Novi Sad), Milenko Sebić (Policajac) i Dragan Marković (Novi Sad).
 Junior men: Dejan Pešić (Pančevo), Marko Živiž (Niš), Stefan Tošić (Partizan) i Arsenije Todorović ("Lukanjac", Pirot).
Senior women: Lidija Mihajlović (Niš), Andrea Arsović, Tatjana Savić i Jelena Banović (sve Partizan), Bojana Nikolić (maiden name Pejović, Policajac).
Juniork women: Ivana Maksimović i Dragana Todorović ("Novi Beograd – Ušće") i Jelena Živković (Jagodina).
Pištolj – seniorke: Jasna Šekarić, Zorana Arunović i Jasmina Grgić (sve C. zvezda).
 Junior women: Aleksandra Ristović (Zvezdara), Bobana Veličkoviž ("Bor 030") Ana Radovanović ("Aleksa Dejović", Užice).
Seniori: Damir Mikec (Policajac), Andrija Zlatić ("Aleksa Dejović", Užice) i Dimitirje Grgić (Crvena zvezda).
Junior men: Duško Petrov (Kikinda).

The Egyptian sport official Mohamed Wahdan, for nearly two decades remains present in the world of shooting, and for the last three mandates keeps being elected for the vice president of ISSF and practically the first man for the shotgun events (clay targets).
He has been a friend of Milan Sotra, the president of Shooting Federation of Serbia for many years now, and his useful consultant ad associate during the building of the shooting range of the “BGD sports center Kovilovo”, one of the best in the world and the place where he is often a guest. He was there on the World Cup in Shotgun Events, from 13 to 22 June.

• My friend Milan Sotra with a great team of associates organized this World Cup on a very high level, as always – stated Mohamed Wahdan. – I feel that this competition as far as the number of nations participating the most numerous in the history of ISSF with 67 countries and the reason for this great response is that Olympic Games in Beijing are at hand. Everyone wants to check their readiness on time, on a good object which gives a realistic impression of the result.

Only the Americans and Australians are not here out of all participants from the superpower countries?

• Some of the shooters are in the special camps, as for example world champion Michael Diamond from Australia, and Hancock from America… They don’t want to travel and fly from one part of the world to another with the most important competition in this season so close. The Italians and the Russians left some of the aces in their camps, nevertheless, 390 top class competitors took part in this World Cup.

You are also a delegate of ISSF and practically the head of the competition on the Games in Beijing. You tried out special clay targets which will be used on the Olympic shooting range. What is your impression?

• More than a year ago ISSF and the organizers of the Games in Beijing agreed that we must make some special clay targets and a Chinese factory got the contract. As a officer of ISSF I cannot mention the name of the factory because it would be advertizing, thus a conflict of interests. I spent a few days in that factory, and the targets were made based on our instructions. We tested them unofficially before the world cup in Beijing, made a poll among the competitors and coaches and were pleasantly surprised by the quality of the work because only minor remarks were given. I recently went to the factory and the birds were finished and improved and the impressions are fantastic.

Is it a new product?

• These birds are one of rare things that Chinese still do not want to export and will be used only in China. The factory is making them free of charge for the organizers of the games which is a significant help. This kind of bird disperses in the air, creating a colored cloud so that the spectators can monitor the competition which is very important for TV too. They are also completely ecologically safe, dissolving naturally leaving no consequences. By the way, we estimate that 80 000 birds will be spent on the competition in Beijing and 120 000 more on the trainings.

From the program in Beijing two events have been removed, Double Trap for women and running targets for men. Was it the decision of ISSF or IOC?

• I am at liberty to tell you that it was a common decision. IOC asked us to reduce our medal winners for two sets and we decided to choose the two which have the fewest competitors from the fewest continents. But I must say that this sport didn’t lose anything with this decision because the number of the competitors in the other disciplines increased and now we have 390 shooters on the Olympic tournament which makes us one of the most massive individual sports there.

Is there going to be any changes in the Olympic program for the 2012 Olympics in London?

• ISSF got very good grade by the IOC for everything we have done on the developing, building quality facilities and spreading in certain regions, as well as media presentation. The shooting was voted to stay in the Olympic program with a large number of votes on IOC congress in Singapore as one of the oldest individual sports. Two disciplines have been excluded In Beijing so that in London there will be no changes as well as in at least one Olympic cycle.

Sheikh Salman el Sabah ( Kuwait), the president of Asian Shooting confederation, one of the most influential people in the International Federation too, visited Belgrade Sports Centre Kovilovo ( flew in on a private airplane with 17 person escort) and attended the opening ceremony and trap competition. In his conversation with the president of the Organizing Committee of the World Cup (which will be held in Kovilovo from 13 to 22 June), emphasized that this facility represents one of the finest and the best objects in the world and announced that the shooters from a large number of Asian countries will come to Kovilovo to prepare for the Olympic Games in Beijing.
Sheikh Salman el Sabah, sport official from Kuwait, is one of the candidates for the president of ISSF. New head of the world shooting sport will be chosen, to replace Olegario Vasquez, on the Congress of ISSF during the fiftieth world championship in Munich 2010.

The competition (14th -22nd June) will have a record number of contestants participating, 390 of them from 67 countries. It was opened by technical delegate Demetris Lordos (Cypress) wishing good results for the contestants on behalf of the ISSF, and also wished for them to take most beautiful memories, thanking the president of the Organizing Committee Milan Sotra for the excellent conditions for the competition.
The participants and guests were greeted by the president of the Organizing Committee and Serbian Shooting Federation for clay targets Milan Sotra. President of the Olympic Committee of Serbia Ivan Curkovic wished the guests a pleasant staying and good results in the Olympic year, and Aleksandar Sostar, the assistant of the minister of youth and sport Snezana Samardzic Markovic , stated that, once again, a significant competition promoting the shooting sport will be held in Belgrade, the sport which demands a steady hand, develops intelligence, concentration and coordination.
With the sounds of Serbian national anthem “Boze pravde”, the flag was hoisted on the pole by the owner of the 5 Olympic medals Jasna Sekaric, who will participate in the Olympics in Beijing for the fifth time.
The organizing of the World cup was supported by Ministry of sport and youth of Serbia, Olympic Committee of Serbia, the companies “Toyota automobiles” and “Lasta” (the official transporters) and “Belgrade sports centre Kovilovo” with hotel “President”
The first day, Sunday, June 15, 2008, the competition for women, trap, will be held. Serbia has no representatives on that competition.

The delegate of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Ivana Ertlova (Czech Republic) inspected the objects of the “BG sport center Kovilovo” where the shooting competitions (the Olympic Program) will be held during the Universiade in Belgrade.
-I am extremely satisfied with the conditions, the object is extraordinary and I think that there will be some good results too-said Ertlova, who will stay in Belgrade and view some of the competitions of the World Cup of the clay targets shooting from the 14th to the 22nd June.
-Everyone in FISU were pleasantly surprised by the response of the countries for the shooting contests in the Universiade in Bangkok last year, when 53 countries’ shooters in classic shooting and 20 counties in clay targets shooting took part, although it was the first time that this sport appeared in the program. This made that shooting tournament one of the tournaments with the most participants. We expect that even more countries will take part in Belgrade.

The fourth World cup clay targets shooting in the Olympic year will be held in Belgrade, from 14th to 22nd June with 390 contenders, both men and women, from 68 countries. On the shooting range of the “BGD sports centre Kovilovo” there will be a great number of world famous stars.
-This World Cup will be remembered for the greatest number of the countries which sent shooters, 68 of them. – says Milan Sotra, the president of the Shooting Federation of Serbia for clay targets, after the meeting with Petros Kyritsis, the director of the competition on the World Cup.

• We will have the pleasure of greeting the vice-president if the ISSF, the Egyptian sport official Methat Wahdan who will be the technical delegate of the ISSF on the Olympic Tournament in Beijing as well as  Sheikh Salman S.S.H. Al Sabah from Kuwait, the president of the Asian shooting confederation…We extend our gratitude to Olympic Committee of Serbia, Ministry of youth and sport of Serbia, Toyota automobiles and Lasta, and of course “BGD sports centre Kovilovo” which gave exceptional hospitality in the President Hotel and excellent conditions for competition in, perhaps, the best range in the world…

The ceremony of opening is on Saturday, June the 14th at 20.00 hours on the shooting range in Kovilovo. On Sunday, June the 15th the women’s contest in the discipline of trap will start at 9 o’clock, the finals start at 17.30. Admission is free. The shooting range is situated on Zrenjaninski Put road, about 8.5 kilometers from Pancevacki Most bridge.

Olympic Clay targets in Belgrade
On the shooting range in Kovilovo, during the official practice on the World Cup for double trap on 17th June, for the first time, the special clay targets will be presented, and that kind of targets will be used on the Olympic Games in Beijing. That is the new model, made in China, it fully disperse when it has been shot, leaving the colored cloud so that the spectators can maximally enjoy the competition. It will be rated by the delegate on the Olympic Tournament Medhat Wahdan (Egypt), who is also the vice-president of the ISSF and Dimetris Lordos from Cyprus, the technical delegate of the World Cup in Belgrade (14-22 June).

I KUP: Mamuzić, Rožek, Pavlović R, Lukić Z, Stevanović, Pavlović M,
Šotra Milan

I KUP : Jedinstvo,  Partizan, Queen, Šotra Milan

II KUP : Pavlović R, Pavlović M, Šotra P, Milosavljević P, Lukić Z, Ristić,
Kljajić Brane

Shotgun Competition's Season started on March 1st.
Competitions that took place so far, at Shooting Range Kovilovo were The First Serbia Cup (March 08 - 09) and the Second Serbia Cup (March 29 - 30) at Trap Events.
All the results are available at the Clay Target Federation of Serbia web site  www.yuclaytarget.org.yu.
We would like to point out that the most successful competitor at the First Serbia Cup was Rožek Ivan with 133 hits (116+17) and Pavlović Miloš at Second Serbia Cup with 127 hits (113+14).
At the Team Events, “Partizan” scored 312 hits and won at First Serbia Cup, while “Jedinstvo-Trap” celebrated victory at the Second Serbia Cup with 319 hits.

The Competition Calendar of Clay Target Federation of Serbia includes 8 Cups and Serbia Championship at domestic competition, and 4 International Grand Prix competitions, and The World Cup 2008 in Shotgun events, which will take place at shooting range Kovilovo from 13 to 23 June 2008.

II KUP : Partizan, Jedinstvo, Rikošet, Kljajić Brane

The presentation of Hotel President and BG Sport Centre Kovilovo was organized at 12.00 a.m. on March 01, 2008.  More then 60 visitors had the opportunity to get acquainted with different hotel, congress, sport and outdoor facilities and services rendered in this unique complex. The presentation ended with a networking cocktail prepared by Hotel President’s skilled Chiefs.

BRAMAC Company organizied the 2nd Championship of Roof Coverers on February 16th and 17th  in Hotel “President’s” Congress Centre.
The most beautiful Bramac roofs of 2007 were presented, and the jury that consisted of the expert team of Bramac, had a very difficult task to choose the winners in all categories, since this year’s competiton was a tough one. The winners of this Championship will participate in the 9th International Championship of Roof Coverers that will take place in Roumania in 2009.

In 2008 the first guests of Hotel President and BG Sport Centre Kovilovo were the national handball team of Serbia, preparing for the pre-qualifying matches for the World Championship.
After them, two among the best European basketball team stayed with us: Dynamo Moscow and Real Madrid.
It was a special honor for us to be able to host, together with the Women Senior Volleyball Team of Serbia, the world champions, National Team of Russia as well. Serbia and Russia played two friendly games in our Sports Hall, while getting ready for the
European qualifications for the 2008 Olympic Games.
The Volleyball Federation of Serbia organized the Press Conference in Hotel President’s Congress Hall on January 12, 2008, with 17 media houses present. Both Serbian and Russian Head Coach expressed their firm opinion that both Russia and Serbia will be in Beijing in August.

At the end of another successful business year, Hotel President received one more important award, this time from Diners Club International: Diners Club recommended for 2008, by members of Diners Club International. Hotel President is the only hotel amongst 40 companies that received this members’ award. Our sincere thanks to all that voted for us.

BG Sports Centre Kovilovo and Hotel President were present at the Chamber of Commerce of Belgrade’s stand at the 6th International Entrepreneurship Fair – BIZNIS BAZA – held at the Belgrade Fair from November 28 to December 01, 2007. This was an excellent opportunity to continue the successful cooperation between our two houses, as well as to meet and contact the other exhibitors and representatives of various departments of the Chamber of Commerce of Belgrade.

The Organizing Committee of 30th International Tourism Fair in Belgrade( Februarz 28 to March 02, 2008)  held its meeting in VIP Room in Hotel President on October 30, 2007. Mr. Goran Petkovic, State Secretary in the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development of Republic of Serbia was presiding.

After the meeting, Mr. Petkovic and other members of the Committee, representing the most important segments in tourism of Serbia, visited the facilities of Hotel President and BG Sport Centre Kovilovo. The meeting continued with the working lunch in the Crystal Hall of the newly opened Hotel's Congress Centre.

56 of the best shooters of the world from 21 countries competed on one of the best shooting ranges in the world, in BG Sport Centre Kovilovo. All of the participants praised the technical capacities of the shooting range and were more then pleased with the additional services offered: hotel, restaurants and sports facilities. All the conditions as per ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation) rules were met and ISSF commended the organization of this competition.
Russian competitor, Ms. Erdzhanik AVETISYAN achieved the new European final record for women in Skeet event, with 98 targets. The best team was the Italian team with the total of 4 medals (two gold and two silver), followed by the Russian team with 4 medals as well (one gold and three bronze)….

Here is the results table:

During the Opening Ceremony, the best shooters of the world in clay target events in Trap, Double Trap and Skeet were greeted by the President of the Organizing Committee of the World Cup Final 2007, Mr. Milan Sotra, Member of the Administrative Committee of ISSF Mr. Demetris Lordos, President of the Olympic Committee of Serbia, Mr. Ivan Curkovic, and Mr. Vlajko Senic, State Secretary of Serbia in the Ministry of Youth and Sport of Serbia, who wished good results to the athletes and successful organization to the hosts.

21 countries took place in parade and after original program the Opening Ceremony  ended with magnificent fireworks. Banquet for all the participants and guests took place in Hotel President’s Crystal Hall.

World Cup Final 2007 in shotgun events will take place from 15 to 21 October 2007 at the BG Sport Center Kovilovo, who is the sponsor of this competition.
Participants in this prestigious competition are the best shooters at World Cups and World Chmapionship held this year, as well as last year winners of the World Cup Final – which means the elite of the world sport shooting.

Take this unique opportunity to watch the top shooters and visit our shooting ranges.

Program of the competition.

Results are available at the website of the Shooting Federation of Running Targets of Serbia www.yuclaytarget.org.yu and the ISSF website www.issf-shooting.org

Welcome!

Milosavljevic Petar won the first place with 132 hits in Trap event on 4th Serbia Cup that took place on June 16 – 17, 2007 at the BG Sport Centre Kovilovo Shooting Range.  At the same time he was the first in category B. Second place went to Predrag Sotra, with 128 hits, the third to Lazovic Svetislav (127), the forth to Pavlovic Rade (126 – the first in category A), the fifth  was Rozek Ivan (125) and the sixth place went to Milosavljevic Dusko (122 – the first in category C).

The “Queen” squad ( Milosavljevic Petar, Pavlovic Rade and Laktos Jozef), was the first in team event, with 326 hits; the second place went to “Partizan” (Sotra Predrag, Mihajlovic Dejan and Mamuzic Nenad) and the third place went to the “Lepenski Vir – Luki” team (Maricic Svetislav, pantic Milorad and Mandic Djura).

Predrag Sotra won the first place with 134 hits, in Trap Event of the 3rd Serbia Cup, that took place on May 26 and 27, 2007 on BG Sport centre Kovilovo Shooting Range. Milosavljevic Petar was the second (the first in category B), Pavlovic Rade won the third place (the first in category A), the forth  was Lakatos Jozef who was better in shoot-off then Lazovic Svetislav who took the fifth place and the sixth place went to Maricic Svetislav (the first in category C).

The best in team event was the “Queen” Team – Pavlovic Rade, Milosavljevic Petar and Lakatos Jozef, “Partizan” took the second place (Predrag Sotra, Mihajlovic Dejan , Mamuzic Nenad), and “Jedinstvo Trap” was the third (Lazovic Svetislav, Rainpreht Viktor and Rozek Ivan).

The results could be seen at the web site of the Clay Target Shooting Federation of Serbia, www.yuclaytarget.org.yu

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Football premiership team from Novi Sad chose Bg Sport Centre Kovilovo and Hotel President as their head quarters for training and practice for the Lav Cup Serbia finals. Club officials and FC Vojvodina players stayed for almost a week, warming up and thinking over the tactics to win this trophy for the first time in their club history. The article that was published on the finalist of the first Serbia Cup’s official web site is a right way to illustrate the favorable conditions in our centre :

Vojvodina Football players are getting ready
for the Lav Cup Serbia Finals

Vovodina football players will start their journey to tomorrow’s Lav Cup Serbia finals from Kovilovo. Novi Sad’s “red and white” are staying at this almost “heaven on earth” place, not far away from downtown Belgrade, thinking over how to win the first cup trophy in their 93 years long history. This cup, being the first football finals in Serbia, conveys the special significance to this match. (from www.fcvojvodina.co.yu, May 14, 2007)

Despite the superb conditions, great enthusiasm shown and victory mentality, the youth of Vojvodina football players could not support the importance of this match and experience of Red Star team, with Ognjen Koroman, Serbia’s national team player, leading the way and netting a goal in 63rd minute, which led to the final victory of Red Star. In 85th minute of Djokic scored on Burzanovic pass, leaving Kahriman, the young Vojvodina goalkeeper to take the ball out of the net.

Red Star – Vojvodina: 2 : 0 (0:0)

Red Star: Randjelovic, Basta, Andjelkovic, Tutoric, Gaj, Kastiljo, Milovanovic, Milijas, Koroman (Joksimovic from 84th minute), Raskovic (Burzanovic from 56th minute), Purovic ( Djokic from 74th minute)

Vojvodina: Kahriman, Stosic, Pekaric, Djuric, Petkovic, Kacar (Sikimic from 73rd minute), Popovic, Buac (Pantelic from 65th minute), Tadic (Smiljanic from 77th minute), Davidov, Despotovic

MVP of the match:    Ognjen Koroman (Red Star)

GP ESC & EUROPEAN SHOTGUN TOURNAMENT in Trap event - Junior Men/Men/Women took place on May 12 and 13, 2007 at the top quality shooting range of BG Sport Centre Kovilovo. Among shooters from Serbia, Nenad Mamuzic was the most successful and won the 5th place in Junior competition. Stefecekova Zuzana from Slovakia was the most successful in Women competition, with only one miss. 53 shooters competed, and most of the trophies were won by the Slovakia' team members. Results could be viewed at the Clay target Federation of Serbia web site www.yuclaytarget.org,yu

The shooting school, on complimentary basis, for the girls and boys from 12 to 17 years, will start over on May 19, 2007 at 11.00 a.m. Last year's participants for trap shooting event, will continue with the practice at the BG Sport Center Kovilovo Shooting range. This school is organized by
the Clay Target Federation of Serbia. For details and information, please visit Clay target Federation of Serbia web site www.yuclatar.org.yu

BG Sport Centre Kovilovo hosted of the Second Cup of Serbia in Trap events on April 28-29. 2007. with a spectacular final round.
Lukic Zoran, Ivankovic Aleksandar and Ristic Ljubiša had equal result – 107 targets and shoot off to take place in a final round. Ristic had no luck in a shoot off. Rainpreht Viktor, Mamuzic Nenad and Pavlovic Rade, with equal results - 110 targets, took the part in a final round, and they again had equal result: 18 targets. So, we had a shot off for a win.
In the individual competition of the Second Cup of Serbia, the first place was won by Rainpreht Viktor (he is the 1st in category ”B”, also), the second by Mamuzic Nenad, and the third by Pavlovic Rade (he is the 1st in category ”A”, also). The first place in Category ”C” went to ”Curcic Zlatko” and the best in team event was the Queen Club with 316 targets.

On April 24 and 25, 2007,  IVECO presented its new heavy commercial vehicles STRALIS to  press and to dealers. For two days ALL BLACK trucks were parked in front of the Hotel President. The guests had the pleasure to view the presentation and to enjoy in food in Hotel President's newly opened Congress Centre. The test drive of those 5 models was organized at the closure of this two day event.